{"id":988,"date":"2015-07-11T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=988"},"modified":"2015-07-12T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T21:29:07","slug":"know-your-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=988","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Savior"},"content":{"rendered":"

The things which you learned, received, heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of Peace will be with you. Phil. 4:9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Francis Allen led me to Jesus, and now it was nearly time for Francis to meet Jesus face to face. I was at his home as it grew time for him to say goodbye. I wanted to say something memorable and meaningful.
\nFor nearly an hour I stood by his bed. He laughed hard at the stories I told on myself. Then he got tired, we got serious, and he spent his energy rounding off some rough edges he still saw in my life. I listened, even as I tried to sort out how to say goodbye.
\nHe stopped me before I got the chance. \u201cYou remember what I have always told you. We have nothing to fear from the story of life because we know how it ends. I am not afraid. You go do what I have taught you.\u201d Those challenging words reminded me of what the apostle Paul said to the believers in Philippi: \u201cThe things which you learn, receive, hear and see in me, these do.\u201d Phil. 4:9.
\nFrancis had the same twinkle in his eye this last day I saw him as he had the first day I met him. He had no fear in his heart.
\nSo many of the words I write, stories I tell, and people I serve are touched by Francis. As we journey through life, may we remember those who have encouraged us spiritually. – Randy Kilgore. Daily Bread.<\/p>\n

Jesus, Lover of My Soul. Charles Wesley (1740). performed by Altar of Praise Chorale.
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